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Couldn’t they do something like stick up big electrified nets at the crop areas? Locusts fly into them and get buzzed? Or something similar

• henrygrew 7y ago
  the outer exoskeleton is quite tough and doesn't seem to conduct electricity
  • londons_explore 7y ago
    With enough volts, anything conducts...
• ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
  Not sure where to being with this, but locust swarms like this are a force of nature. Maybe you could save your backyard garden with nets or cover, maybe. But not acres and acres of farmland.
  • coribuci 7y ago
    Monsanto would like to disagree.
    • mkl 7y ago
      What does Monsanto have to do with covering farmland with nets?
• onetimemanytime 7y ago
  >>Couldn’t they do something like stick up big electrified nets at the crop areas? Over millions and tens of millions of acres? Not doable. Maybe a genetic tweak and then release them to neutralize the rest. Poison will probably kill other beneficial or not so dangerous insects. Either way, a locust party will ruin this year crops for the unfortunate farmer being visited. This is even worst since Africa is already poor